Squad sheets: Blackburn Rovers v Everton

Everton manager David Moyes has urged his team to maintain their fight for European football to the death and they could not plump for more pugnacious opponents than Sam Allardyce's Blackburn, beaten once at Ewood Park since the opening day of the season. Rovers do a fine line in spoiling, as Manchester United found to their cost last Sunday, and have kept three consecutive clean sheets. But Everton have good history in this fixture (unbeaten in five) and recent form (two losses in 20) as they attempt to erode the four-point deficit to Aston Villa, occupants of the final Europa League place. Richard Gibson